Wheel reprofiling costs for freight vehicles are a major issue in Sweden, reducing the profitability of freight traffic operations and therefore hindering the modal shift needed for achieving reduced emissions. In order to understand the damage modes in freight vehicles, uniform wear prediction with Archard's wear law has been studied in a two-axle timber transport wagon, and simulation results have been compared to measurements. Challenges of wheel wear prediction in freight wagons are discussed, including the influence of block brakes and switches and crossings. The latter have a major influence on the profile evolution of this case study, so specific simulations are performed and a thorough discussion is carried out.


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    Title :

    Influence of switches and crossings on wheel profile evolution in freight vehicles




    Publication date :

    2014


    Size :

    21 Seiten, 25 Bilder, 17 Quellen




    Type of media :

    Conference paper


    Type of material :

    Print


    Language :

    English





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